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These stories were touching, and the subjects are treated both critically and compassionately by the author. And yes, the background on the project was really interesting, and more than a little creepy. In the contest of nature vs nurture, the hyper-involved moms nudged the needle into the latter category. At the time, sperm collection was practically the only widely available fertility treatment that worked. When a Nobelist responded with even the slightest interest, Graham followed up to schedule a collection. Founded by Robert Klark Graham , the repository was dubbed the "Nobel prize sperm bank" by media reports at the time. You can imagine how well that went over on campus.

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Indeed, Graham is the one whose racism was truly scary because it was dressed up in the trappings of patriotism, altruism and, most of all, science. Of the fifteen, six reportedly had 4. I know he was a brilliant scientist. The repository is commonly believed to have accepted only donations from Nobel Prize laureates, although in fact it accepted donations from non-Nobelists, also. What were the kids like? Trivia About The Genius Factor

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Plotz details not only the history of the bank but the stories of some of the children, as well. The world would look very different if each generation was 12 points smarter. Somehow he knew that if she kept talking his life would never be the same, that his childhood would be over. Oct 15, Eshusdaughter rated it liked it Shelves: Supreme Court ruled in favor of it once! I was disappointed that no controlled scientific tests were done on the offspring to see if they were brighter or just average in IQ. The Genius Factory offers a fascinating glimpse into this very real, almost comically bizarre effort by a California millionaire to improve the American gene pool.

T hat moment, the moment he learned the truth, Tom Legare thought: Or anyone who was once a baby. Are these kids part of a new elite? In reality, it's donors were much more varied. This, Galton claimed, proved that God-given abilities were passed from one generation to the next.